Ironing-machine.



W. H. SLR ER.

IRONHJG MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED APR.12,1916.

1 07,201. Patented Dis-e. 5, 1916.

, I If (i? 1: sec ssa ry. 'giiu rt WILLIAM'H. OLVEB, OF OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN.

IRONING-MACHINE.

Application filed April 12 State of lVisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ironing Machines; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and. exact description thereof.

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in ironing machines wherein a partial support for the iron is had to relieve the operator of unnecessary lifting strain in manipulating the iron, and the invention is directed more particularly to machines of the type embodied in Patent No. 902676 granted to me November 3rd,

1908, and Patent No. 1082548 granted to me December 30th, 1913.

Pressing operations are usually conducted on a table surface on which is normally positioried a. pressing board or buck and in differing instances it is desirable to press upon either the table surface or upon the pressing hoartl surface. Also it is often \found expedient to employ apad on the pressing hoard. Thus a considerable vertical adjust- 1110]):1; oi the iron for pressing operations in conjunction with these different surfaces is l lowever, the pressing boa-rd ace is the ne usually employed.

Pressing operations require a very frepient '.hii tin;; oi the iron to and from a. po- :ition of rest. to permit manipulation of the naleriai being pressed. and the greatest clencut oi strain in pressing operations resides n the lifting of the iron from its normal poition of rest to its operative positionwith aspect to the pressing board. in successive -I(.S$lll{ movements.

fit is therefore primarily an object of the resent invention to provide a structure 'hvrohv the necessity of lifting the iron in .oving it. from its normal position of rest, oln'iatod in a manner however which does it. interfere with the eflieiont operative mapul. tion of the iron.

Anothero 'iject is to provide a structure herein a ma. iniurn de rer, of adjustment d =1 maximum rr-ailin of vertical adjust- -n oi the iron may be procured with react to the support member.

lt also an object- 'to provide a i'neans rmally urging thriron to a position of r at one side of the apparatus.

Another object resides'in tlie provig i q nojlj Specification oi Letterslatent.

Patented Dec. 5, 1916.

, 1916. Serial No. 90,558.

a means for securing the ron to the supporting member in' such manner that free universal movement of the iron'may be had, this arrangement being procured without interference in gripping the' iron ,for manipulation thereof.

It is further an object to provide astructure wherein desired lateral play of the iron may be permitted.

It is still further an object to compass the aforementioned objects in a structure Wherein the various parts coact in a manner conducive to a maximum simplicity of structure.

With the above and other objects and advantages in view, the invention resides more particularly in the novel combination, arrangement, and formation of parts more particularly hereinafter described and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is an elevational view of my improved ironing machine. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view through the suspension carriage, this view being taken on the line 2--2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view through the resilient support of the track rail on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a detailed sectional through one of the track Wheels on the line 44: of Fig. 1. Fig. is a detailed sectional view showing the means for securing the sections of, the suspension bar together. F ig'. (i is an enlarged detailed view of the lower end of the suspension bar, this view being taken also on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 7 is a detailed sectional Vl8\ showing the means for connecting the carriage suspension spring to the suspension bar.

Referring now more particularly to the accompanying drawings, 5 designates the top of a pressing table or other support, and (3 designates a pressing board of a COIWBIP tional type disposed on one end thereof.

My improved ironing machine comprises a pair of end uprights 7 extending from sockets 8 provided at the side portions of the table and each standard is provided with a pair of forwardly extending spaced bracket arms 9 which carry at their forward ends a hay-.1" which is engaged in a respective 'end uprising-d! of a. tri'ick'rail 12 on which is sllduhly mounted the suspension carriage. Those bracket arms may he of any desired construction and are preferably attached to view taken vertically sleeve 16 on the bolt, and

the standards in such manner that they may be adjusted vertically thereon although other means are provided for procuring a desired adjustment oi. the iron with respect to the table. The upper bracket arm of the standard 7 adjacent the pressing board (3 is raised above the (.ftlll'ffSPODlllIlg bracket arm of the other standard and the track rail is mounted on the bar below the first mentioned bracket arm and above the second mentioned bracket arm and an expansile spring 13 surrounds the bar 10 of the first mentioned bracket arm and bears against the track rail and against the respective lower bracket arm to thus normally urge the rail to assume an inclined position as is shown in Fig. 1, the openings 1.1 of the track rail being of such size as to provide a desired looseness to permit a certain pivotal movement of the track rail 'on the rod 10 of the standard. farthest from the pressing board. The function of this arrangement will he later described.

The suspension carriage member comprises a pair of normally vertically disposed side bars 14 having their upper endsic-onnected by a bolt 15 and held, spaced by a this bolt'is also passed through the intermediate portions of a pair of transverse wheel bars 17.

18 on which are mounted intermediately disposed sleeves 19, are passed through the ends of these bars and mounted on the sleeves are the" wheels 20 which ride in a longitudinal groove 21 in the track rail 12. Thus the carriage is suspended in a manner permitting free universal pivotal movement with respectto the track rail, as the side bars of the carriage are spaced from the track rail a siuficient distance to permit a tilting of the Wheels to procure transverse pivotal movement. A strip 22 connects the lower end of the bars 14, and slidably passed through this strip is the upper sleeve section 23 of a suspension rod including the lower section 24 telescopically engaged in the said sleeve section. A retractile spring 25 has its upper end secured to the upper portion of the bars 14, this crossbracc including a bolt 26 passed through the bars and a spacing sleeve 27 on the bolt. The lower end of the spring is secured to a nut 28 which is threaded on the upper end of the sleeve section 23. The sections of the suspension rod are adjustably held together y a set screw 29 passed through a hearing block 30 on the lower end of the sleeve sec tion 23 and passed through said section to bindingly engage the section 24.

31 designates the conventional type of iron which associated with the pressing machine and which is provided with the usual handle 32 disposed horizontally thereover. For securing the suspension rod to the iron in a manner not int rfering with a Bolts a cross brace at proper gripping of the handle 2-52 by the op orator and further in a manner permitting free universal pivotal movement of the iron with respect to the suspension rod, a bowed arm 33 is pivoted to a bifurcated attaching sleeve fle'l secured at; the lower'end of the suspension rod section 21- and the lower end of this arm extends laterally under the handle of the iron and engages in, an upstanding apertured ear 3:? prm'ided on the iron at the central portion of its top. This lat orally extending arm portion is provided with a notch receiving the outer portion of the ear, and is of greater width than the aperture of the ear, and curved at its cxtremity whereby accidental detachment of the iron is prevented, attachment and detachment of the iron being procured by swinging the iron relative to the arm.

In the foregoing description a structure has been set up which is of maximum simplicity and which provides a maximum and exceedingly ready and efficient operation.

The iron may be adjusted vertically by sliding the suspension rod section 34 in the sleeve section 23 and it is noted that a maximum degree of adjustment is provided for inasmuch as the section 24 may extend up- Wardly entirely through the section 23 so that its upper end. lies within the spring 25.

Fig. 1 shows the carriage and iron in an intermediate position of movement toward the pressing hoard-6. In its normal position of rest the carriage is at its extreme limit of movementto theright hand side of the machine and the securing nut 28 of the suspension spring 25 rests on the transverse bottom bar 2 1 of the carriage whereby the iron is held with its pressing face slightly below the pressing face of the board 6. In moving the iron to operative position on the board, it is elevated during such movement track rail 12, the adjacent movement.

end of the board 6 in such When the iron is disposed over the board 6, the leverage exerted on the 1 track is increased with respect to the spring .13 and the spring yields to a considerable extent, which permits a retraction of the spring 25 to lift the nut 28 from the bottom bar 24 of the carriage nd thus a lateral play of the iron in a hori o mitted, it being noted that were this at"- rangement not provided and the nut not pen mitted a vertical play durin the pressing action, lateral movement of (is iron woulc swing it necessarily in an arc andthus revent' At the extreme-rig t handnoumal posipropero oration. end of t e pressing board the tion of the bottom face of the iron. would be slightly below the plane of the upper face of the board. 1 H parted to the iron in a sweeping movement on. to the board, would be such that the bots ntal plane is perowever, the momentum imtom face of the iron would be disposed above 1the board in such movement, it belng also noted that a slight'tipping of the iron would facilitate its movement onto the board should the bottom face of the iron not attain a sufficient height during such movement. When the iron is at and adjacent its POSltlOIlf of rest, its leverage exerted on the springis comparatively slight and the spring holds' in said position, and the effort incidental to properly positioning the iron on such support. To adapt the Iron for pressing either on the table surface or on the pressing board surface, or on a pad on the board, the adjustment of the sleeve and rod sections 23 and 24 respectively is utilized.

I claim:

1.- An ironing machine comprising a track rail, means affording a pivotal'fixed support supporting the rail at its other end in afoiron-thereto. g

In testimony that I claim-the foregoing -.I have hereuntoset my hand at Milwaukee, in the oouritywk jtMilvtaukee and State 0f fol-the rail at one end, means resiliently sition inclined upwardly toward said en suspension carriage mounted on the track rail, an ron carrying suspension bar resiliently connected with and depending 'from I the carriage and means limiting the down Ward movement of the bar jvith respect to the carriage. l

2. In an ironing machine,'the combina- 'tion of atraek rail, a suspension carriage mounted on therail, a sleevevslidably connected with the carriage, a retractile -coil 40 spring secured tothe' sleeve and to the can riage, a bar slidably adjustable in the sleeve and extensible into the spring and means carried by the said bar for attachment of an Wisconsin,; in the presence of two witnesses.

aWILLIAM HQQ VER. Witnesses:

FRANK S. RATCLIEFE, p

M; E, DoWNEY'. 

